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To all or none,

I have said recently,that ,the Tibetan lineage,was not my cup of
tea.However ,every time someone speaks to me about Buddhism ,
it is because they read one of his books.

The Dalai-Lama is one of the great living masters presently.
As ,I speak ,I have in hand a book ,in French,I would have rather liked the book to be the English version ,but hey,I will do my best to translate ,what the Master said.
The book was bought in 2006,before my total engagement to Buddhism.The book seems to be on Goodness(Bonte).

Loong
Simple Buddhist,not as simple as the Master

Happiness has a natural component,Altruism,that shines out of
ourselves,instead of being centered on "I".He who is in peace with himself,with spontaneously contribute to the peace of his own family and,his neighbors,his village and could go as far as his country.Through his serenity and bliss,the happy man/woman,naturally facilitates the welfare of the society within which he lives.
The transformation of ourselves,permits us to transform the world.

Translated from French,by Loong

Loong
simple Buddhist.

To all or none,
I possess many books by the Master.This one is 365 sayings by him.
What I did,was have one of the waitresses open the book at random.So today will be page 149.
This page is for those whom may have students.
Make them learn to settle all disagreements in a peaceful way.
to wonder what the other thinks when it happens.Teach them not to be narrow-minded,not to think only of themselves,their community
their country,their race,but to truly understand that all beings,have the same rights and needs.Make them realize about
universal responsibility, show them that nothing that we do is not important,but that everything has an influence on the rest of the world.
Translated from French by Loong.

Loong
Simple buddhist

To all or none,
This is a translation from a French book ,Loong.

To remediate from the hate towards yourself become conscious
Of the wrong image ,you have of yourself.Cultivate an authentic confidence in yourself,a confidence that is based on your
fundamental human qualities.Be Humble,and turn yourself more ,towards others.

Loong
Simple Buddhist.

To all or none,

The text chosen is at random ,a 365page book ,and translated from French by your,s truly.

Politicians often make promises to get some more voters.I will do this ,I will do that .They so much want to be loved.If they told the TRUTH,honestly,to a Buddhist that would be more important.

Loong's comment:Not telling the truth is against the third precept of Buddhism ,which is,one promises to never lie.

Loong
Simple Buddhist

To all or none,
Today's words picked at random,are as follows.
Text translated from French.

If you maintain hate and resentment towards others,they may also
Maintain the same feelings towards you,creating a distance between you and them and you might feel isolated.
Members of your community ,will not have that type of feeling towards you,but others might see you in a negative way,because of your own sentiments.
H.H.Dalai-Lama.

Loong
simple Buddhist.

To all or none
Words of H.H.DALAI-LAMA.

The second cause of the feeling of solitude,in our modern society
is that everyone is too busy.If we say hello to someone, we feel
As we lost 2minutes of our precious time.
We just finished working that we engulf ourselves in the daily paper.Speaking with a friend is a loss of time.


Loong
simple buddhist

To all or none,

text taken at random in H.H.DALAI-LAMA'S BOOK 365 meditations
today we are going too read padge 212,also translated from french by "moi"(sic).

When I was young ,I was always afraid of dark rooms.Time passed and this fear has gone.Same thing happens when we meet people.The more your Mind will be closed ,the more you will be afraid and you will become insecure.However the more your Mind will be open ,the more at ease you will feel.

When I meet someone wether the fact that he is a renowned man ,a
beggar,or an ordinary person,has no importance to me.The most important is to smile and show an open human face.

loong
simple buddhist ,saying just smile the smile of tthe Buddha

To all or none,

It is in the nature of craving ,to reemmurge constantly even

when we think we have gotten rid of it.The one that is caught in it's grip is like someone drinking sea water,the more he drinks the more he is thirsty.

translated from french ,from the book of the Dalai-Lama

loong
simple buddhist.

To all or none
Translared from french from a book by the Dalai-Lama

In the highest practices of VAJRAYANA,not only is there no segregation between woman and man (theravada monks do not even touch a woman,buddha once said that if is mother was drowning he would not help her.woman's place in that lineage is so important
that lack of respect towards a woman is considered an act againt's
the precepts.

Now you understand why I not adhere to any lineage.

loong
a simple buddhist